A. hing lookes and cold weather ; asbeing ofa contrarie nature to Ledtuce, for it ftirreth up ficthly 
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_ name, by occafion of the {weet * {mell that it carieth whereas before: time it was called Mintha, 
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luft: and therefore commonly it is joyned with Leétuce in falads, and bothare eaten togither ; 
that theexceeding heat of the one mixed with the extream coldneffe of the other, nugit make 
a goodmarriage and temperature, C refles tooke the name in Latin * Naftortiom, A NAYIETA #35 Groce 
tormento,as aman would{ay, Nofe-wring, becaufe:it will make one wryth and thrinke up his peel oe 
nofthrils :which is the reafon, thatthe word is growne into a proverb, when wee would figmilica 777” 
thing whichwill put life into one that is dull and unluftie, In Arabia, the Cre fles (by report) z2-, beeaitest 
proove toa wonderfull bigneffe, Rue alfo is fowedufually in Februarie when the Wetleruwind {P00 
Favonius bloweth, and foone afterthe Zquinoxin Autumne . It cannoraway with winter, LBY cclsive heat: 
itbrooketh notcold or rain,nor moift ground, neitherwillit abide mucke :itliketh wellto grow ee puins %s 
indrie places, and fuch aslie faire upon the Sun-fhine ; buraclay ground which is good for (ones ovis 
brickeand tile, thatis alone for itand beftof.all other: it delighteth in afhes, and therewith ts it deaes fait: 
fed and nourifhed; infomuch as they ule to blendafhes and the feed togither, for to keepe away piace oan 
the cankerworme and fuch like. Certes we find, that in old time Rue was in fome great account or proverbe in 
and efpeciall reckoning above other hearbs : forl readin auncient hiftories, That Cornelius Ce- ise 
rhegus atwhattimeas hewaschofen Confull with Quintins Flaminius, prefently uponthe faid coin, and 
EleGion,gavea largefle to the people of new wine aromatized with Rue. The Figtree and Rue blockheaded 
are ina greatleague and amitie,infomuch as this hearb, fowand {et it when and where youwill, © RO 
in no place profpereth better than under that tree :for planted icmay be of a flip or fprig. Mow joe creffis, 
if the fame be put into a beane which hatha hole pierced or bored through, 1t will doe far bet- &arne more ns. 
ter; by reafon that the beane clafping the fet clofe and uniting thereunto herowne fap and nzots 
fture, cherifheth ittherewith and makes itcome apace: moreover,it will propagarand {etic own 
felf,for let the top of any of her branches be bent downward,fo as it may but couch the ground, 
it wil] prefently rake root. Of the fame nature itis, that Bafill, but thar Rueis fomewhat later ere 
it comeup,and groweth not fofaft, When Rue is come to bee of any ftrengzh, there is untow- 
ard farcling and weeding of it;for if inbe handled, iewill raife lifters upon a mansfiagers,unictie 
the hands be well gloved, or defenfed with oile. The leaves alfo of Rue are keptiand preferved, 
being made up into little knitches or bunches, i ; | 
Nowas touching Ach or Parfley, the manneris to fow it immediatly after the Spring Aqui- 
nox in March,but the feed would be firft brufed and beaten a little ina mortar: for fome are per- 
fuaded,that 5y this means it groweth thicker and mote crifpe or curled : which it will doe like- 
wife, in cafe after a bed be fowed therewith, icbe troden upon with mens feet, or beaten downe 
with a roller orcylindse. This peculiar propertie hath Perfley, That ic will chaunge the colour. It 
was an auncientcuftome in Achaia,to doe honour unto this hearb, by crowning thofe that went 
away with victorie and wan the prize inthe folemne tourneys and facred games Nemei, witha 
chaplet of Perfley. Asfor Mint,men ufe to fer it at the fame time,of a young plant,fofoone as 
they feeit is fpurtand come up: burif ithave not {prung, yet they ler nocto plant the fpurnes of 
theroot,knotted intoan head within the ground ia manner of the Spongiz in Sperage before- 
faid. This hearb taketh no greatjoy in moult grounds : all Summer it looketh greene and trefh, 
but in winter it hath ahempen hew. A wild kindthereis of Mint, named in Latin Mentaftrum, 
which will encreafe by propagation orcouching in the ground, aswell as vine braunches:and 
fo willing is ittotake, thatit makes no matter which end of a flip bee fet downward; for atthe 
wrong end it will come as well as at the other.Mint in the Greeke congue hath chaunged the old 
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whereof we in Latin derived our name Mentha. A pleafant hearb thisis,anddeleGtable tofinell » Sdontesous 
unto, infomuchas you fhall not fee a husbandmans bourd in the countrey, butall the meats or feet fen- 
from oneendto the other befeafoned with Mints. If it be once fet or fowne, and have takentoa "7S: 
ground, it will continue there alongtime. Itrefembleth much the hearb Penyroiall, the nature 
whereof (asI have often fhewed) isto blowher floures againe(upon the fhorteft day of the yeer) 
even as it hangeth pricktupon fle(hin the butcherie.Much after onefortarekeptand preferved 
for fawce(as if they were of the fame kind) Mint, Penyroiall, and Nep: but above all, to a weake 
and peevilh ftomacke,Cumin agreeth moft andisthe beftto geran appetite, It hath a qualitie | 
to grow withroot very eb, and {carfely taketh any hold of the earth,coveting to be aloft In hot 
giounds and fuchefpecially as be rotten and mellow,it would be fown in the midsof the Spring. 
There isa fecond fort therof growing wild, which {ome call Cumin Ruftick,others Thebaicke, 
D if which 
